The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-05-05

| the rates hitherto IN force prior on che 2Oth
inst. It is a further condition OF this or
with publicly posted and kept with the
schedule OF rates and charges at every sta
tion named herein on the line OF said con
pany for the use OF the public.
President Lincoln's Serious Levity.
WardH Lamar, ex.Marshal OF the Dis.
trict of Columbia, and me OF Lincolns most
intimate and trusted friends, writes:
My attention has been called to the &C.
count given by John w. Nichols on the at
tempt on the life of Mr.. Lincoln in 1862
mansion to his summer residence at tho
soldiers home. In the spring and early sum-
mer OF that year | persistently urged upon
Mr.. Lincoln the necessity of a mill
tary escort to accompany him to and from
his residence and place of business, and he
as persistently opposed my proposition.
Some time however, in August, 1872, one
morning he came riding up to the White
House steps, where I met him. He had a
merry twinkle in his eye that presagcd fun
of some kind. SWELL" said he, II don't
now propose to make you my father con-
lessor and make q change of heart, yet /
am free to admit that just now /
don't know what to think-I am staggered;
understand me-, I don't want to oppose my
pride OF opinion against right and reason,
but I am in such q state Of 'betweenity' i n
my conclusions that I can't say that the
judgment OF this court is prepared to pro.
claim q reliable decision upon the facts
presented. Last night about II O'Clock I
went along riding old Abe,' az you call
him, and when I arrived at the foot OF tile
hill on the road leading to the entrance
otthe home grounds, was jogging a~longiat a
slow gait immersed in deep thought, con.
templating what was next to happen in
this unsettled state OF affairs, when sud.
denly ] was aroused-Imay say the arouse
ment lifted ne out of my saddle as we'll az
out OF my wits-occasioned by the report
OF a rifle, and seemingly the gunner
not fifty yards from where my con.
temptations ended and my accel.
Grated transit began. That cratic name
sake with little notice gave proof ofdecided
dissatisfaction at the racket, and with one
rated himself as we'll as myself from my IS
plug hat, with which we parted company
without any assent, expressed or implied
upon my part. At a breakneck speed We
soon arrived in a haven of safety. Erstwhile
l was left in doubt whether death was
more preferable from being thrown from q
runaway federal horse or from the more
tragic result OF a refie ball fired by a dis.
loyal bushwhacker in the middle of the
night" This was all told in a spirit of lie.
witty. He seemed unwilling even in appear.
ance to attach that Importance to the
event which l was disposed to give to It.
To the best OF my recollection, Mr.. Lincoln
in his interview with me said nothing
about the bullet hole in the crown OF hie
headgear.
l Thn ola CI,n~n - a. T>A> ar>-.-I>- ~exv-yv
Chicago Mail: The one man who will be
most shocked at Mitchell's death will be
an aged and weakened old bachelor, who
houses-George Smith. The latter brought
Mitchell from Scotland, put him at work
at q clerks desk in a banking room
on South Clark Street, opposite where
the court house stands now, sent
him to M Milwaukee to buy grain OF
the farmers who anne in there and to pay
out George Smiths bank notes, and atlast
made him o partner. Fifteen millions oil
George Smiths money have been kept in
St. Paul bonds and stocks because Mitch.
ell was it's president. The two men were
like brothers for thirty years. yet as unlike
each other al it was possible for them to
be. When Smith retired from bushes and
was gathering together his assets so that he
might retire for good to the other side OF
the water, the two old Scotchmen had an
accounting. Until that true everything
that the two owned had been undivided.
When Mitchell was in Chicago he occupied
Smiths room and shared the old bachs-
lor's bed. For ten years there was a little
room above the Milwaukee bank that
Mitchell occupied, and hat George Smith,
whenever he a there, shared. It had
been furnished by the two jointly,
even down to the sheets and blank
cts. For years it had not been occupied,
Mitchell having, on marrying his pretty
wife, changed his mode of living. In MAX
ing out the final inventory Mitchell had, as
he supposed, included everything. It ag.
gregated millions. AS he handed it to old
George Smith he feelingly remarked that it
exhibited vastly more than they had had
when they started. The millionaire bach.
elor looked over the list carefully.
It held a a quarter a OF the secq1i:
world, the st. Paul. When he finished
reading it the old fellow turned to Mitchell
and said: you forgot, Aleck, the bed
clothing in the chamber over the bank"
The younger OF the two Scotchmen prompt.
ly tool back the inventory and added
$3.75. Smith thought that would be fair
value for the forgotten sheets and blankets
that at that moment the thoughtful old
bachelor owned $24, 600, 900 OF the sc.
c~urities OF two railroads, the Chicago, Bur.
lington & Quincy and the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul.
Bradstreet on the Real Estate Boom.
Bradstreet's gives q review of the re.
markable boom in real estate in the south
and west during the past six months. The
article says:
The activity of real estate within six
months has been very conspicuous, the first
four months of 1887 witnessing an extra